12/13/2020 – Week 7: HOMECOMING Posted about over 3 years ago

12/13/2020 – Week 7: HOMECOMING  Most important part first… We arrived back in the U.S. Saturday morning (12/12/2020), first in Miami where we went through Immigration, then on to Atlanta. When Kimberly and Emily set foot on American soil they became U.S. citizens.  We will get their citizenship certificates in the mail within 2 – 3 months, but it’s a done deal.https://photos.app.goo...

12/06/2020 – Week 6 in Brazil! Some Firsts Posted about over 3 years ago

12/06/2020 – Week 6 in Brazil! Some FirstsWe have been in Brazil for 6 weeks now.  42 days so far... 1 more week to go! As you know, the girls are finally legally our daughters (yay!), and now we are obtaining the paperwork for them to leave this country and enter the U.S.: Brazilian passports and U.S. adoption visas.https://photos.app.goo.gl/NXcViKSniwrFkyX76 This last week we gave up ...

11/29/2020 – Week 5 in Brazil! Thanksgiving Posted about over 3 years ago

11/29/2020 – Week 5 in Brazil! Thanksgiving For Thanksgiving lunch, Sandy found a turkey. Yeah, it’s obviously not a huge Butterball turkey, but hey we had turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and green beans. I taught the girls about history behind our Thanksgiving holiday, through Google Translate and internet pictures.https://photos.app.goo.gl/uiuEdFwGnyLy2ace9https://photos.app.goo.gl/vw...

11/22/2020 - Week 4 in Brazil! Happy Anniversary Posted about over 3 years ago

11/22/2020 - Week 4 in Brazil! Happy Anniversary We have settled into a routine. Breakfast by 8am, lunch 12noon and dinner at 6pm.  Children in bed by 8pm, after reading them a children's Bible story in Portuguese, followed by a prayer from a Brazilian children's book.This last week we had three psychology and social worker appointments. Went to a couple of stores to buy stuff. Due to C...

11/16/2020 - Week 3 in Brazil! What is exotic? Posted about over 3 years ago

WEEK 3 in Brazil – What Is Exotic?  Update is one day late since we were travelling yesterday… This last week we drove down to Sao Paulo city metro area for a few days with the girls. Reminder: Sao Paulo city is bigger than New York city! Drove down Wednesday, came back Sunday.  Starting 8am Thursday, we all had a day’s worth of medical appointments in downtown Sao Paulo city – thr...

11/08/2020 - Week 2 in Brazil! Everyone has to wear mascara? Posted about over 3 years ago

Three different psychological/judicial appointments this last week, plus spending 24/7 time with the Kimberly and Emily, bonding as a family.  Even though we had separate bedrooms planned for them here, they both want to sleep in the same bed together, in the same room.  That's OK. Back at our house in Georgia, they will have twin beds in the same room.Every night Sandy reads them a story at be...

11/01/2020 - 1 week in Brazil! I get to visit hospital ER Posted about over 3 years ago

We have the girls!  Finally got them Thursday afternoon (10/29).  The oldest, Kimberly, is 11 and acts like a young lady with touches of childish delight.  The youngest, Emily, is 6 and is the Energizer Bunny.  Their smiles are pure joy.  We can't show pictures of either until the adoption is finalized end of November, so apologies for that.  But I can tell you what all we are doing... Currentl...

Our adoption just got updated to Travel Planned Posted about over 3 years ago

October 11, 2020 UPDATE: We will be leaving for Brazil on October 25, 2020 and will return mid-December with our two little girls, just in time for Christmas!  We'll miss celebrating Thanksgiving here in the U.S., but in our hearts we will still be very thankful. We are buying the plane tickets and have put a deposit down on the house we will be renting for the first 4 weeks. We video ch...